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Presenting Gold's 7-Sigma Move
While yesterday's cliff-dive in gold was impressive by any standards, the escalating drop over the past 5 days has been just as dramatic. Based on 20 years of rolling 5-day moves, the ~15% plunge is equivalent to around 7 standard deviations (in context Yao Ming is a mere 6 standard deviations taller than the average human making gold's move the equivalent of meeting a man taller than 7'7")
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Fat tails bitchez.
That's a lotta Yao Ming
Antiquated Bell Curve produces inaccurate analysis!
Armstrong sees 1000 being tested.
Nuthin' ta see here ....now move along peeps....
Seems natural enough...
This is what I am seeing:
Surge of Buyers Rush for Physical Gold & Silver: http://www.bullionbaron.com/2013/04/surge-of-buyers-rush-for-physical-go...
Something under the rug smells. They wouldn't hit it this hard for no reason, especially if that reason were sound economic activity. The ponzi is showing it's age and horrible lack of integrity. Why else hit the only genuine wealth instrument with such intensity?
The deflation will soon begin in earnest. But, before that is allowed, the weak hands need to be shaken out of safety so they can be sufficiently raped, and all tentacles with naked shorts can unwind before they are caught with pants down.
I was thinking of JPM's big silver short at $25. Their butts were in the breeze on that one, but it wasn't clear that they were margin called on it as silver sat in the high 20's/low 30s. Of course as of yesterday they were big time in the black. This is assuming that JPM was (unlike you or me) margin called or used customer funds to back up their shitty position up til now. I guess we'll see when JPM reports earnings that are "magically delicious".
People- the game is rigged and those in the club you aint in have been told it's time to rotate out of paper and into physical.
BOE has been liquidating again.
Best article I have seen yet:
http://www.alhambrapartners.com/2013/04/15/we-have-seen-gold-prices-act-...
"[L]arge declines in gold prices match date for date the extreme developments in the banking system across several currencies. And in each case the gold selloff has previewed a larger decline in systemic liquidity that eventually catches other asset classes."
Agree.
Thanks for taking time to post link.
-> Japan QE
-> something else?
Excellent article. Thanks for the link.
Now the question is: Is bank collateral dwindling because of the new QE in Japan(in acticipation of it) or something else?
Please vote above.
It is interesting to note the very similar % drop in crude futures vs. gold futures over just a slightly longer timeframe (April 1st - present). They're trading pretty much in tandem, which is not surprising given the USD's relationship with oil, and how that plays into the USD price of gold.
The negative CPI print today (yes, rigged, but still, lower than it has been recently, in the face of $85 billion a month) was also interesting. As was the increase in the relative strength of the yen on Friday and Monday, again despite warp speed printing. USD/CHF has been trading in tandem with the oil and gold futures plunges. The big drop in the RUT yesterday was telling as well. Some key things I'm looking to see:
USD/CHF below 0.92
Crude below 85
Gold below 1350
RUT below 900
30 year over 149
It's worth noting that the 30 year futs have round tripped the drop at the beginning of January and is now back to levels last seen in the late December run up. The ES was at 1400 back then.
See yesterday's inventory of 100 ozt. bars on APMEX graphically. People sure took advantage of the sale!
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?27317-GSUS-APMEX-Precious-Met...
Paper will burn, bitches
Wait! Is that the sound of a fiddle I'm hearing?
Paper gold included. Never confuse physical with paper...we're just getting a discount until it goes dry
JPMs short position is on behalf of China, not the US. Don't expect a big squeeze from this holding.
as soon as weak hands are shaken out the new QE will be announced
Ah yes, more 'gold won't move until we QE' meme like last years/then QE official drives gold down more. QE makes gold go down/Japan too.LOL
Been 'shaking out week hands' meme last years. That's old too.
Had a little 'gold selling to cover margins' again.
Today, you go with 'QE ending gold sells off' or 'gold smells deflation first'
Better-because it is Friday, Sunday or Monday
I'm with you there. The CB/PD trade is long phys/short paper. They've been pretty obvious about this. Just copy their trade.
How else can a poor banker create money from thin air and convert it to prime real estate and PMs?
Notice the story on rental properties? More people willing to rent rather than own, just like the elites like it.
What's going to happen once those that are long paper DEMAND delivery?
The same thing as in 2011...they will say "We can't deliver but we'll give you a 50% premium with Fiat!"
WW3 would be the short answer.
They'll get credit and we will move to the next month.
"More people willing to rent rather than own, just like the elites like it."
I don't believe that there's any preference other than to maintain/control power.
Everything shifts. Anyone thinking that the big push for private "ownership" wasn't going to end doesn't understand the phrase: "that which cannot continue forever won't."
The way things are -with people not being able to get loans- it pretty much forces this outcome. Yes, folks are profiting out of this because, well, because someone always does (and those putting in the highest wagers tend to be able to pull along the markets).
Perhaps people are sensing that there will be no real cycle back into "ownership." I'd side with this view; and, I'm pretty sure that we're going to experience a significant paradigm shift (and even TPTB can't wrap their heads around it).
Disagree, I think there'sa planned movement to end private property ownership in the US. Take for example the subprime and see how much real estate ended up on the Feds/ Banks balance sheet. All real assets from debt conjured out of thin air.
This isn't the sigma you're looking for . . .
Strange how this is all happening precisely when there is a real concern that the Crimex might have delivery problems.
<There is no such thing as a coincidence within a corrupt system.>
286-400 =114 Metric Tonnes short. Good luck in delivery.
Fuck the corrupt CRIMEX
Exactly my thoughts. After record outflows of physical metal in Q1, suddenly now everybody wants to be out of paper. Hmm...
"suddenly now everybody wants to be out of paper."
Just wondering... any chance that TPTB want those dollars coming back, in circulation?
It's just tough to figure out, it seems like we're short both USD* AND physical PMs.
* While the USD is itself paper, the amount in circulation is dwarfed by what's on the books.
If by "paper" you meant PMs, then you can partly ignore the above.
Agreed. Someone please give the "Sigma-Tyler" a copy of Black Swan..
correction: Armstrong sees the possibility of 1000 being tested.
Armstrong also recognizes that the POG does not exist in a vacuum.
he lost his touch long time ago
"Fat tails, bitches." Cauchy
"Fat tails, bitchez like Black and Scholes." - Pareto
So he thinks miners will sell well below production cost?
Has he actually ever run a real company?
Delivery will not take place below cost...ever.
I think that you're missing the measurement here.
It's 5-day running averages, not life-cycles, not how much UP or DOWN over a longer period. This clearly signals an attack (TPTB trying to exert control [to save the USD] or someone big is on the edge of blowing up).
I'd be curious to compare this move to any others. Am think that for the most part very few things have hit like this, 10%-ish, (w/o resulting in a near or total collapse).
Not entirely correct. Read link from Alea Iactaest above.
Phat paper short squeeze with an upward kurtosis on a normal distribution worth 15%, 7 SD, with a confidence level of 100% ...
Long story short, buy the bombaclat 999 pure gold and silva physikaall
Great analogy!
So I wonder what would be the equivalent for flipping a fair $5 gold piece x times and it landing on "heads" every time. A couple of hundred times? A few thousand?
Per Wikipedia, 7 sigma equates to:
For various values of z, the percentage of values expected to lie in and outside the symmetric interval, CI = (-z σ, z σ), are as follows:
% within 7 sigma: 99.9999999997440%
$ outside 7 sigma:
0.000000000256%
fraction outside 7 sigma:
1 / 390,682,215,445
So, based on these numbers there can't be someone taller than Yao Ming? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_players_in_National_Basketb... says there's been three other NBA players taller than Ming - when there's 7+ billion humans this seems to beat the odds)
"Fat tails bitchez."
It isn't a random event.
There has never been
a better time to buy gold!
Hurry down to your coin dealer
and buy the fucking dip
you fucking idiot.
Wait for it HH. Depending on the dealer, taking delivery of new orders may take up to a month. Something isn't right. More evidence that the physical market and paper markets are seriously disconnecting. Now let's see, how has that worked out before? History is pretty clear on where this leads.
The Twelve Steps
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-01-18/twelve-steps
That.
Inspiring!
+12!
Thanks for reposting. I especially like number 10.
It works if you work it. Keep coming back -- to your coin dealer.
To thy own self be true.
You're worth it!
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.
In other news:
Boston Marathon bombs: the early theoriesThe first is that domestic right-wing extremists were responsible. The second is that Islamists, either foreign or American, and linked to al-Qaeda spiritually or practically, were to blame. A third possibility is killers with no ideological agenda whatsoever.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9997156/Boston-Marathon-bombs-the-early-theories.html Right wing extremist is code for those who refuse to give up their constitutional rights.according to big brother, it was that nefarious emmanuel goldstein yet again....
in other words, who gives a shit about the news, its all bullshit.
The first is that domestic right-wing extremists
Well....obviously. Unless you live in the normal part of the country.
We don't want to jump to conclusions.......but we absolutely will anyway.
GS shorting Nike
One of the first things I thought of when I heard about the bombings was "hmm, I wonder how the politicians will take advantage of this crisis for their political purposes."
can see it comin'....background checks for all fireworks purchases.
I also heard that the devices were packed with ball bearings. I hope no one on ZH has anything to do with those weapons of mass destruction. (Apologies to DCRB.)
Geezer:" I hope no one on ZH has anything to do with those weapons of mass destruction. (Apologies to DCRB.)"
you are an idiot, no one on ZH works for the CIA, NSA,DIA, and big moma's DHS.
My guess is that the lazy MSM press does not know the difference between steel balls and steel bearings. Ahh, the abuse we bearings have to put up with, no wonder we give out at 60,000 miles.
background checks for backpack purchases.
Ball bearings now under control of BATF.
ABC Good morning said that if it was Islamists, they had help from Domestic Terrorists.
Round up the usual suspects.
When they start naming suspects hours after the event (see 9-11) without the necessary investigation, WATCH THE FUCK OUT!
Right.
At this point in the '5 W's' we know some what (bombs) and some where (Boston Marathon) and when.
Who? (all speculation at this time)
Why? (all speculaion at this time)
Yet as of this AM we're hearing a load (yes, that kinda load) of "Saudi, Patriots, Domestic"...etc. WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE PRESENTED.
Video cameras are everywhere nowadays and I'm inclined to believe that there is the likely possibility that they were capturing the relevant areas. Who has them? Any talk of them? Did the FBI grab them?
Evidence, damn it, evidence or these pundits s/be told to STFU.
Aren't some of the hijackers from 9/11 still alive? Seems they could re-use these folks seeing as there's alreay a nice handy storyline in place... (you know, budget cuts and all)
I can't shake the feeling that it was some group of liberals trying to frame "patriots".
It will be revealed that the explosive element was, wait for it, gunpowder! Soon it will be necessary to have a special license to buy gunpowder, which will eliminate all those reloaders out there.
This theory has my money.
Long gunpowder.
Usually it's fascists (as has been clearly documented over in Italy). But, Party Pussies like to toss "liberals" out there in order to chase the non-thinkers toward Their party...
Clearly it was Michelle Bachman and Sara Palin who did the dirty work. Just like Sara shot Gabriele Giffords. Remember the significance. Boston Marathon....Boston Tea Party. Tea Baggers. Sara and Michelle. Get it now?? Duh.
Why did they do it?
Because Bill and Hillary won't go to Margaret Thatcher's funeral.
Is there anything else I need to explain to you?
The US will not be sending any public officials to the Iron Lady's funeral. Fine with her.....she never could stand marxists.
OBAMA SNUBS THATCHER FUNERAL...
The implication is much deeper than his political (or lefties in general) ideology.
You do not fuck with the City.
Do Not rub their noses in it
Slight them
Piss them off
Ever wonder why there is a "special" relationship and who needs whom?
One does not mess with the City.
Show your respect, or be rehypothecated to death.
The arrogance of some folk is just beyond me
Of course, human nature tells us that ONLY "liberals" are capable of acts of terrorism...
I'm sure you missed naming a couple of names NOT from YOUR party...
This kind of shit starts sounding like high school social circle shit. Meanwhile TPTB continue to roll...
The Hegelian Dialectic in action at its most basal level.
Keep them arguing over the small shit while the real thievery continues unnoticed.
Divert attention
Just like Magic Tricks
Please pardon. I was being cynical to the max - about all aspects of the matter....the press, Margaret Thatcher, who is going to the funeral, who isn't, who was invited, etc.
You would have to check me, but I am very sure that Sara Palin stood accused of having somehow incited the shooting in which Rep Giffords was wounded. The accusation was bizarre. I would hope that everyone recognized that.
"You would have to check me, but I am very sure that Sara Palin stood accused of having somehow incited the shooting in which Rep Giffords was wounded."
Come fucking on!
You take what might have been blathered by one sociopath (against another one at that!) and then you classify everyone that might be close to wearing the same shoes as ALL being the SAME?
Fuck your pathetic attempts to weasel Party/Ideological BS into this mix. Dollars to donuts you're some piss-ant party player. You all will be chewed up and spit out: and that goes for all the piss-ant party players on ALL Party teams.
Amazing how the programming works... it's like they're force-feeding us to ONLY accept these possibilities. No mention of covert govt operation? (knowing full well that this is in fact a possibility, as history proves)
Well, I've got a couple of friend who asked me to help them buy gold and silver.
They took the day off today to go buy it.
ALL SHOPS HAVE NOTHING OVER HERE IN BELGIUM!!!
NOTHING!!!
IT'S NUTS!!
Been calling every shop accross Belgium and all they have is silver at 26 euro's and gold at 1250 euro's.
The big sale still needs to materialise for most people.
The stores do say that maybe there will be supply available if the price keeps at these levels for 10 days.
Yup, BullionByPost who are one of the big gold coin sellers in the UK have this announcement on their front page:
Record Orders!Due to unprecedented demand we are not able to offer next working day delivery. Orders will be dispatched as soon as possible in the order that funds are received. We expect to dispatch most orders within 1 week.
So many buyers that there's a shortage of metal and yet the price has plunged? When the truth of this shit comes out you better duck, you suckers.
http://www.nuernberg-edelmetalle.de/
http://www.preciousmetalhouse.com/checkout/cart/
https://www.doijerkalff.nl/zilveren-munten-kopen.html
same here. They are all calling each other to ask if they got supply.
NONE!
I got one supplier who said he was getting some mapple in a few days but that is a backlog order that is already spoken for.
It looks like DHS put in a huge order for bullion coins, just like they did with gun ammunition. The government wanted to save some money (low on printer ink, I guess) so they had to crash the price levels first.
man, this is not true. I just comeback from a retail house here in brussels
They have what you need. try G4EX !
You're either shopping in the wrong place, or Belgium is everly fucked up. I can buy them all day at 21,28 (at the time I wrote this).
http://www.heubach-edelmetalle.de/?q=node/621
well can you guys buy them or can't you?
There are gold shops on almost every corner here in Thailand... with plenty of stock!
1 Baht bars (Baht as in a measurement of weight not the currency) are equivalent approx. to 1/2 an Ounce... and the "premium" is only $3 per bar (Yes, $3 piddly greenbacks)... eat your hearts out my fellow Bitchez!
Thai gold is, 93% right? Still glad for you!
At reputable stores, the bars have a purity of 96.5%, but Swiss bars of 99.9% purity are also available (not sure of their pricing yet). Another interesting thing I've learned is that all the gold stores here have their own unique stamp on the bars they sell that expedite a simple and very fair buy-back process (only 1% under spot).
Chok-dee tuk khon! (Good luck everyone)!
So essentially you are paying a six dollar premium for your gold?
Damn ... I take it back ... that's good.
man, this is not true. I just comeback from a retail house here in brussels
They have what you need. G4EX !
BTFD (on the double inverses)
Just more evidence of a properly functioning "market" < sarc off > LMFAO! End the fucking Fed.
The crash came off better than they planned it.......
Excacly. JPM changes from net short to net long, and due to the shortages of physical at retail, very few get to participate in the bargain. The only way to play as an average schmo is GLD/SLV. They will die next.
is it me or is this push to $1400 going to fail and a violent ride down into the $1200 ensues? If I was JPM etc. that's what i'd do. take that buy the dip crowd and hit them with another round. If this is the end game then this move up is just another gift for anyone trying to get out of paper.
Beware the dead cat bounce?
Still a good time to ditch shares of the S&P and pick up 1 oz of gold and 6 oz of silver.
I think it is a dead cat bounce that will fail and a massive buying rush at the same time. Weird.
Yes, I think it is an excellent time to ditch the S&P however if gold fails and the S&P holds I give up.
Could be a good compression play.
my thoughts exactly fonz. when playing multi-dimensional chess with reptiles, best to always think 3 steps ahead.
better get prepared for the s&P to levitate just a little while longer than you expect though. house-buying season is just getting started.
If by "house buying" you mean "geographical re-allocation of fiat through mortgage/salary conduits", I might agree.
the FeRNs must flow
I HOPE it's a dead cat bounce. I still have open orders to fill at 1300, 1250 and 1200.
But if the S&P collapses as it did in 2008, then I (as someone who anticipated the recent drop right here in comments over the last few weeks) wouldn't be surprised if 1200 doesn't hold. So just in case, I'm entering orders for 1100, 1000, and even 900.
There are very few "talking-heads" out there that I'll give the time of day for; one exception, however, is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. I trust this guy. Here's what he has to say (hat tip to a fellow ZH-er for posting this on this site the other day):
http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/04/13/assault-on-gold-update-paul-c...
Pay attention to the calculations that he provides- simple, yet quite demonstrative. He does logic pretty well...
They have made a mistake no doubt, the goldcore report killed the CRIMEX.
From lots of sources iv been hearing that many gold buyers went buckwild on physical from this drop.. imagine draining the CRIMEX 286 tonnes on real physical demand ...
Shot squeeze is coming...
Ok, ok, I'm convinced. Going to make a quite sizable silver purchase this morning.
I would hold off. If this is a weak bounce it will head lower quickly.
The lower it goes, the less chances you'll have at buying the real thing.
Sell your paper now while you still have the chance. Don't be the bagholder.
Hold off, and there will be even less available. Right now it's getting hard to buy (check the stocks in online stores, or call or visit a local shop), a few more days at these or lower prices and the situation will be a lot worse. There are a surprisingly large number of people who actually understand what $85 billion/month in new debt and Cyprus 'bail-ins' mean for them. The majority might be sheep, but it doesn't take a very big crowd to buy out the stock of pms available for retail purchase.
Al my guy said he is shocked at how many new buyers came in recently because they are scared of confiscation of deposits...and I live amongst the dumbest crowd in this country....
me too....i live in northern new england, and there are trees here smarter than most people. and four people asked me how to buy gold and silver yesterday........went to three local coin shops and they all have NOTHING. its all gone.
"Hold off, and there will be even less available. "
There's also the chance that lots will be pushed out on to the market (for real) due to a continued squeeze (on non-PM related holdings).
If there's anything that I've learned about all this is that there's a lot more complexity operating than we could ever really know/figure; and when you think you've got it figured TPTB will have spun things around (though eventually their days of getting us to chase paper will run to an end).
Teah, buy 1/2 now.
Suspect this will end with midgets everywhere.
The SEC might like it if there was some porn involved.
Midgets with naked shorts... yes, this most definitely IS the circus!
Time for some action on the other side of the curve.
Bear market or bear trap?
agent default
I think you are spot on. This is the capitulation at the end of a normal wave 4 correction within a Major wave III. As long as $1032 (spot) is not penetrated on the downside, this is still a secular bull market.
In the typical anatomy of a bull market, we have had the accumulation phase up from $253 to $1032 then a correction down to $681, next came the awareness phase from $681 to $1920. We are now in the "bear trap" which is where many will throw in the towel. $1300 is a good support level and might hold, but probably not. It is more likely what we see today is the start of a "relief rally" and then one more leg down to complete the trap. Something around $1200 seems more likely. Wherever the bottom arrives, the move out of the bear trap is likely to be epic; either 5x or 8x the bottom price. Who knows? The bottom may already be in.
http://www.safehaven.com/article/29486/golds-bull-market-is-not-over
Who cares? It may as well go down to $1. When the paper price disappears, we will all realize profits. And it won't be in USD.
Not sure how you can "realize profits," but one this is certain: you aren't likely going to go to zero, as fiat will ultimately do. Again, PMs are about CONSERVING weatlh, not making it.
Let's ask Admiral Ackbar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddAi8FF3F4
Okay generaly I'm pretty good with charts....but I'm a little lost on this one.
Just an abnormal in the normal thingamajig.
just imagine bubble meets pin
Standard deviation histogram.
Correct, yesterday was one hell of an outlier.
Got it thanks...It took me a bit to figure that one out. I do know that the last five days have been a pretty good shake out, and should serve to deliver some precious metals into stronger hands.
Damn, ask a question and you get an answer around here! Look at all the replies, below. We helped the shit out of you six ways from Sunday! Smothered to death with help!
That's one of the things I love about this place.
Amen to that.
When you have something that is so wildly abnormal and can compare it to what you know to be the norm, then see it in chart view and have all these great explanations, terms come into focus.
My takeaway: generate a stack 7' 7" in height.
So you're saying I should sell some of my stack?
I'll buy that. ;)
Anything on the extreme edge of a Gaussian curve means it is an extraordinary event (I use the singular since each five day rolling data point average is counted as a single point). In fact, if this wasn't a five day rolling average chart I would treat this event as an outlier.
Extraordinary events such as these tend to be one of two things - an act of God or a highly coordinated event meant to be extreme.
Your choice.
I refuse to believe that Ben Bernanke and Jamie Dimon are god.
SD as the guy said. It's a normalized distribution chart, representing all the stuff that happens in a data sample/population. So you can see most fall into the middle, and very few fall into the sides: sigma parts. You see the same thing with population & IQ, the sides representing extremely dumb and extremely clever people, with most in the middle.
Percentage change of a move along the bottom, number of occurrances up and down. In other words, a 7 sigma (standard deviation) move is smooshed way the hell in the bottom left corner because there have been so damned few of them (the height of the bar for the number of 7 sigma moves is really REALLY short).
Simplified Dr.
This kind of chart is similar to a VaR (Value at Risk) model that uses Normal Distribution which is the most famous one (there are other advanced models), VaR measures the maximum loss you can incur on a normal business day based on market volatility.
The VaR model has the mean (where your average losses based on your position is concentrated in the middle if the market moves normally like gold moves +- 1% a day), the distance between any point from either the left (loss) or right (profit) is the SD (Standard Deviation) or Sigma - you can apply some confidence levels usually 95%-99% that your loss will not exceed a certain point on the left 95 99% of the time.
Now if you have some mega fucking volatility (like we have seen yesterday -10%) which is abnormal (and very rarely happens) this is an anomaly, so your point is really far away from the mean, and the distance is measured in 7 Sigma moves which is "Fucked Up)
IF the your position is highly leveraged (which is the case with the TPTB banks) you will have fat tails which means big big losses for small volatility, so imagine how this will look like when the S&P or the Bond market crashes on leveraged positions, this is also a high Kurtosis.
hope that helps.
It's saying that the odds of what has just occurred is so remote that you'd be just as likely to be able to use the chart to find yourself out of the woods... (nearly a non-sequitur it's so fucking out of whack)
hey when the government is colluding with you......your asshole buddy partner in crime....anything is possible.
and, after all, isn't the goal to nail the escape hatches shut for the peasants?
"isn't the goal to nail the escape hatches shut for the peasants? "
I'm not thinking that they even care to waste the nails and energy...
The "goal" is as it's always been, and that's to maintain power. The exertion of power feels greater when things are on the "corrective side," as it tends to come down to mostly bigger players being forced to engage one-another (clash of the titans): on the up-side everyone's getting "compensated," in which case there's plenty of $$s to apply toward any pains.
Consolidation of power. It's a natural thing, for human nature that is...
Someone above noted that up in NE England(?) folks were dumber than the trees. If someone here thinks that way then what do TPTB think of "us?" Would WE wish to give more control to the "trees?" Would TPTB wish to give "us" more control? In the final analysis it doesn't really matter because the System is far too complex to survive (it's WAY beyond sustainable in this physical/natural world).
How do I convert this into cubits?
GG and NEM were selling below book yesterday.
With massive selling once again in the gold and silver markets, today whistleblower Andrew Maguire told King World News the reason for the recent takedown in gold and silver was because of an imminent LBMA default. Here is what Maguire had to say in part II of this remarkable and exclusive interview.
Maguire: “Gold and silver only have this type of selling when there are extreme shortages of the physical metal. I am totally aware that before this takedown occurred there was an imminent LBMA default.
We had already seen COMEX inventories plunging. In 90 days COMEX inventories saw an incredible decline. So immediately available physical gold was disappearing. People around the world don’t understand what has been happening since Cyprus....
“Entities went to the LBMA and said, ‘We don’t trust anybody anymore. We want our physical metal.’ They were told they would be cash settled instead by a bullion bank. The Western governments have been trying to plug holes, and the reason for it has to do with the default that was taking place at the LBMA.
This is why this smash has been orchestrated because of the run that has been taking place on physical metal. So Western governments had to do this because of an imminent run on the unallocated LBMA system. The LBMA bullion banks had become so mismatched at one point on their trading positions vs real world demand that they had to orchestrate this smash.
This orchestrated smash in gold and silver was nothing short of a bailout for the bullion banks. So there is a run on physical gold that is taking place and the Ponzi scheme the West is running is being threatened because of it.”
Maguire also added: “We are nearing the end of this decline. Physical demand is already beginning to catch up with leveraged paper. If gold were to trade into the low $1,300s it would be unsustainable for very long.”
http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2013/4/15_Maguire_-_LBMA_Default_Triggered_Gold_%26_Silver_Takedown.html